Esplora per regione
IvreaUNESCOIvrea, città industriale del XX secoloOlivetti's modernist factories, Adriano Olivetti's Movimento Comunità, worker housing and social services
BaroloUNESCOColline delle LangheBarolo and Barbaresco crus, Nebbiolo vines, hilltop villages, autumn fog and white truffles
TorinoUNESCOPalazzo MadamaRoman gate to Baroque facade, Juvarra's staircase, Antonello da Messina's portrait, Civic Museum of Ancient Art
TorinoUNESCOPalazzo Reale di TorinoSavoy royal seat, Royal Armoury, Guarini's Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Giardini Reali
Venaria RealeUNESCOReggia di Venaria RealeJuvarra's Great Gallery, Sant'Uberto chapel, restored Savoy gardens, UNESCO Savoy residence
Orta San GiulioUNESCOSacro Monte di OrtaTwenty chapels of Saint Francis, terracotta tableaux, UNESCO listing, views over Lake Orta and Isola San Giulio
VaralloUNESCOSacro Monte di VaralloNew Jerusalem of 1491, forty-five chapels, Gaudenzio Ferrari figures, UNESCO since 2003
AstiCattedrale di AstiLargest Gothic church in Piedmont, 1266-1470 construction, Carloni's 1767 presbytery frescoes, Jacopo Ghigo's campanile
CherascoGemma nascostaAugusta BagiennorumRoman forum, theatre and amphitheatre, 243-hectare nature reserve, Augustan grid town
TorinoBasilica di SupergaJuvarra's hilltop dome, Savoy royal tombs, rack tramway ascent, Grande Torino memorial
SaluzzoGemma nascostaCastello della MantaNine Worthies fresco cycle, Fountain of Youth scene, FAI-managed residence, Late Gothic masterpiece
TorinoMuseo EgizioA major Egyptian collection shaped by Drovetti’s 1824 collection, the grave goods of Kha and Merit, the Gallery of the Kings, and the Temple of Ellesiya.
StresaIsola BellaTen-terrace Baroque garden, Palazzo Borromeo, white peacocks, Napoleon's 1797 stay
Orta San GiulioIsola di San GiulioIsland basilica of San Giulio, Way of Silence path, closed Benedictine convent, Lake Orta stillness
AlessandriaGemma nascostaLibarnaRoman amphitheater and theater, Via Postumia trading hub, Latin citizenship city, 452 AD abandonment
IvreaGemma nascostaCastello di MasinoValperga family castle, 1,400-tree hornbeam labyrinth, landscaped park, FAI property
TorinoMole Antonelliana167-meter spire, National Cinema Museum, glass panoramic elevator, unfinished synagogue origins
Sant'Ambrogio di TorinoSacra di San MicheleAbbey on Mount Pirchiriano, Stairway of the Dead, Zodiac Portal, symbol of Piedmont
Sant'Ambrogio di TorinoGemma nascostaAbbazia di Sant'Antonio di RanversoGothic Antonite precettoria, Jaquerio frescoes, Defendente Ferrari altarpiece, Via Francigena
TorinoDuomo di TorinoHome of the Holy Shroud, Guarini's Baroque dome, rare public expositions, Renaissance facade
TorinoGemma nascostaAbbazia di Santa Maria di Vezzolano1189 stone rood screen, carved capitals, Romanesque-Gothic facade, Transromanica network
BaroloWiMu Museo del Vino a BaroloFalletti castle setting, five-floor immersive wine storytelling, François Confino design, Barolo views
AostaCattedrale di AostaEleventh-century frescoes rediscovered in 1979, layered choir mosaics, Saint Grat's reliquary, neoclassical facade
AostaGemma nascostaArea Megalitica di Saint-Martin-de-CorleansNeolithic anthropomorphic stelae, six-millennia continuous use, glass-floor museum, 1969 discovery
AostaArco di AugustoArch of 25 BC, entrance to Augusta Praetoria, Saint-Voult crucifix
AymavillesGemma nascostaCastello di AymavillesFour round corner towers, 18th-century residence, attic timber roof, Cogne valley gateway
VilleneuveGemma nascostaChâtel-Argent1275 cylindrical keep, Jacques de Saint-Georges design, Romanesque chapel, rock-cut access stair
AostaCollegiata di Sant'OrsoRomanesque cloister capitals, hidden Ottonian frescoes, 1589 great bell, medieval priory complex
FénisCastello di FénisDouble crenellated walls, semicircular staircase, Jaquerio frescoes, Challant family
BardForte di BardFortress that delayed Napoleon, Museo delle Alpi, glass lifts, Savoy military engineering
CogneParco Nazionale del Gran ParadisoItaly's first national park, Alpine ibex herds, Cogne valleys, the only 4,000-meter summit entirely on Italian soil
Breuil-CerviniaMonte CervinoThe pyramid peak, glacier skiing at Plateau Rosa, the Italy-Switzerland cable car link
CogneGemma nascostaGiardino Botanico Alpino Paradisia1,000+ alpine species, mountain habitats, Gran Paradiso views, mid-summer flowering
AostaCriptoportico ForenseUnderground horseshoe gallery, forum-leveling engineering, double colonnade atmosphere, over 100 meters intact
AostaTeatro Romano di Aosta22-meter Augustan stage wall, open-air summer performances, combined Aosta ticket
SarreGemma nascostaCastello di SarreSavoy royal hunting lodge, hall of horns, ibex trophies, period furnishings
Saint-PierreGemma nascostaCastello Sarriod de la TourHall of Heads ceiling, 171 carved corbels, Sarriod family seat, Fragmenta Picta exhibition
CourmayeurSkyway Monte BiancoRotating cable cars, Punta Helbronner terrace at 3,466m, Mont Blanc glacier panoramas, Europe's highest botanical garden
MantovaUNESCOPalazzo Ducale di MantovaGonzaga city-palace of 500 rooms, Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi, Castello di San Giorgio, Appartamento dei Nani
MantovaUNESCOPalazzo TeGiulio Romano's Mannerist villa, Sala dei Giganti, Sala dei Cavalli, Gonzaga leisure palace
BresciaUNESCOMuseo di Santa Giulia8th-century Lombard monastery, Winged Victory bronze, Cross of Desiderius, UNESCO listing since 2011
MilanoUNESCOSanta Maria delle GrazieLeonardo's Last Supper in the former refectory; Bramante's Renaissance tribune; Solari's three-aisled church; Montorfano's Crucifixion on the opposite end wall.
BergamoUNESCOMura Venete di BergamoSix kilometers of ramparts, fourteen bastions, UNESCO listing since 2017, sunset promenade views to Milan
MilanoGemma nascostaMuseo Bagatti ValsecchiNeo-Renaissance palazzo, genuine Renaissance furnishings, a Bellini workshop Madonna
BergamoCitta Alta di BergamoFunicular through the Venetian walls, Piazza Vecchia, Colleoni Chapel facade, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
BresciaCapitolium di BresciaVespasian's Capitolium, Corinthian porch, Republican sanctuary frescoes, UNESCO Longobard site
Certosa di PaviaCertosa di PaviaPolychrome marble facade, Visconti and Sforza tombs, Grand Cloister monks' cells, Bergognone art
CremonaDuomo di Cremona e TorrazzoTorrazzo (112.5 m), astronomical clock, Romanesque facade, nave fresco cycles, baptistery
MilanoGalleria Vittorio Emanuele IIGlass-domed arcade, Milan's drawing room, mosaic bull luck tradition, Duomo-to-La Scala passage
SirmioneGrotte di CatulloLargest Roman villa in Italy, Catullus tradition, olive grove ruins, lake-tip panorama
MagreglioGemma nascostaMadonna del GhisalloPatron sanctuary of cyclists since 1949, pink-jersey collection, cycling memorabilia museum, legendary climb
MilanoDuomo di Milano135 marble spires, the golden Madonnina, rooftop terraces, six centuries of construction
MonzaDuomo di MonzaIron Crown of Lombardy, Zavattari fresco cycle, striped Gothic facade, royal coronations since Charlemagne
MilanoNavigliCanal-side aperitivo, Darsena, Leonardo’s locks, Vicolo dei Lavandai washhouse
MilanoPinacoteca di BreraMantegna's Dead Christ, Raphael's Marriage of the Virgin, Hayez's Kiss, Napoleonic collection
PaviaPonte CopertoCovered bridge over the Ticino, 18th-century chapel at midspan, 1951 postwar reconstruction, Borgo Ticino link
MonzaVilla Reale di MonzaPiermarini's neoclassical design, 28 restored royal rooms, 14 km walled park, Monza Grand Prix circuit
SabbionetaSabbionetaVespasiano Gonzaga's planned Renaissance grid, the Teatro all'Antica, star-shaped walls, the Galleria degli Antichi
MilanoSan Maurizio al Monastero MaggioreLuini fresco of Saint Maurice, Sistine Chapel of Milan nickname, nuns' dividing wall, Roman hippodrome tower
PaviaGemma nascostaBasilica di San Pietro in Ciel d'OroTomb of Saint Augustine, 14th-century marble Arca, crypt of Boethius, Romanesque brickwork
LeggiunoGemma nascostaEremo di Santa Caterina del SassoCliffside hermitage, 1170 founding legend, centuries of frescoes, dramatic Lake Maggiore views
SirmioneCastello Scaligero di SirmioneMoated lake fortress, fortified harbor, drawbridge entrance, swallowtail battlements, 146-step keep
MilanoCastello SforzescoSforza ducal fortress, Michelangelo's last Pieta, Leonardo's Sala delle Asse, Sempione park axis
MilanoTeatro alla ScalaVerdi and Rossini premieres, Toscanini's 1946 reopening, the Museo Teatrale, its opera and ballet season
PerledoGemma nascostaCastello di VezioMedieval fortress, Theodolinda legend, botanical garden, Lariosaurus fossil exhibit, Lake Como views
BellagioGiardini di Villa MelziLakeside English-style park, azalea and camellia spring, Japanese pond, neoclassical chapel
VarennaVilla MonasteroLakeside botanical garden, former Cistercian convent, International School of Physics, Fermi's lectures
CremonaGemma nascostaMuseo del ViolinoStradivari and Amati originals, luthier tradition, listening room, live recitals
Madonna di CampiglioUNESCODolomiti di BrentaWestern Dolomite towers, Via delle Bocchette ledge routes, Campiglio ski slopes, reintroduced brown bears
CanazeiUNESCOSass PordoiCable car to 2,950 m, Terrace of the Dolomites, Marmolada glacier view, Sella plateau
OrtiseiUNESCOSecedaDolomites ridge, sheer north face, Odle peaks, alpine meadows, summit cross
TrentoCastello del BuonconsiglioPrince-bishops’ residence, Cycle of the Months frescoes, Renaissance loggia, Torre Aquila
RoveretoGemma nascostaCastel BesenoLargest Trentino fortress, 1487 Battle of Calliano, Von Trapp family ownership, Buonconsiglio museum network
TrentoGemma nascostaCastel ThunOriginal family furnishings, Stanza del Vescovo pine room, 2010 reopening, Buonconsiglio museum network
RoveretoMART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e RoveretoBotta's glass-domed piazza, Futurism collection, Depero archive, twentieth-century Italian art
BolzanoMessner Mountain Museum FirmianSigmundskron castle setting, Reinhold Messner's vision, mountain art and expedition relics, Dolomite views
TrentoMUSE Museo delle ScienzeRenzo Piano architecture, glacier-to-rainforest exhibit descent, suspended animal displays, LEED Gold certification
BressanoneGemma nascostaCastel TassoUntouched medieval interiors, original kitchen, woodcarved chapel, Bavarian log coffins
BressanoneGemma nascostaMonastero di SabionaFormer bishop's seat, Benedictine-turned-Cistercian monastery, Stations of the Cross climb, Acropolis of Tyrol views
BolzanoGemma nascostaSantuario di San RomedioFive churches on a rock spur, 130-step covered stair, San Romedio and the bear legend, Val di Non setting
BolzanoMuseo Archeologico dell'Alto AdigeOtzi the Iceman, 5,300-year-old mummy, Copper Age kit complete, cold-chamber viewing
MeranoGiardini di Castel TrauttmansdorffEighty garden worlds, Sissi's castle, Touriseum museum, palms beneath the Alps
TrentoDuomo di TrentoCouncil of Trent, Wheel of Fortune rose window, early Christian basilica beneath, Neptune fountain
OrtiseiGemma nascostaCastel TrostburgWolkenstein family seat, South Tyrolean Castle Museum, Knights' Hall and Gothic stube, guided-tour-only access
PadovaUNESCOOrto Botanico di PadovaWorld's oldest academic garden, Goethe's palm, circular Renaissance plan, medicinal plants
ValdobbiadeneUNESCOColline del Prosecco di Conegliano e ValdobbiadeneHogback vineyard ridges, ciglioni terraces, Cartizze and Rive, Strada del Prosecco
PadovaUNESCOCappella degli ScrovegniGiotto's fresco cycle, Last Judgment wall, star-filled blue vault, birth of modern painting
VicenzaUNESCOTeatro OlimpicoPalladio's last work, oldest surviving stage set, forced-perspective streets of Thebes
Cortina d'AmpezzoUNESCOTofaneTofana di Mezzo (3,244 m), Freccia nel Cielo cable car, 1956 Olympic slopes, enrosadira
VicenzaUNESCOVilla Almerico Capra detta La RotondaFour identical porticoes, central dome inspired by the Pantheon, template for villas and capitols worldwide
PadovaGemma nascostaBasilica di Santa GiustinaVeronese altarpiece, tombs of Saint Luke and Saint Matthias, huge dome, Benedictine cloisters
VeronaArena di VeronaFirst-century amphitheatre, summer opera festival, the ala arches, pink Veronese stone
PadovaBasilica di Sant'Antonio di PadovaPilgrimage basilica of the Saint, Donatello's high altar bronzes, Byzantine-influenced domes, the Gattamelata outside
VeneziaPonte dei SospiriEnclosed prison bridge, last view of the lagoon legend, Baroque limestone screen, gondola vantage
BuranoBuranoPainted fishermen's houses, lace-making tradition, leaning campanile, lagoon colors
VeneziaCa' d'OroIts openwork Gothic loggias, lost facade colors, Franchetti’s opus sectile floor and collection, and Mantegna’s Saint Sebastian.
VeronaCastelvecchioScaliger castle, Carlo Scarpa design, Cangrande statue, Ponte Scaligero, Pisanello
FumaneGemma nascostaGrotta di FumaneOldest painted cave art in Europe, active excavation since 1988, ochre animal figures, PaleoCenter
VeneziaGallerie dell'AccademiaVenetian painting's full arc, Veronese's Feast, Giorgione's Tempest, Carpaccio's narrative cycles
VeneziaCanal GrandeVenice's main street of water, palace facades, vaporetto Line 1, reverse-S sweep
VeronaCasa di GiuliettaThe medieval tower-house and Cappello inn sign; a balcony added during Antonio Avena’s 1939–1940 neo-medieval refit; and the courtyard copy of Nereo Costantini’s Juliet sculpture.
VeneziaMuseo del Vetro di MuranoSeven centuries of Venetian glass, Barovier wedding cup, furnace island heritage, Palazzo Giustinian
VeronaPiazza delle ErbeRoman forum site, daily market, Torre dei Lamberti, frescoed Case Mazzanti
PadovaPrato della ValleElliptical canal and Isola Memmia, seventy eight statues, Saturday market, one of Italy's largest squares
VeneziaPonte di RialtoSingle stone span of 1591, shop-lined arcades, Grand Canal crossing, market quarter gateway
VeneziaBasilica di Santa Maria della SalutePlague-vow basilica, Longhena's octagon, scrolled buttresses, Punta della Dogana silhouette
VeneziaScuola Grande di San RoccoTintoretto’s more-than-two-decade pictorial cycle across the Scuola’s halls, the 1565 Crucifixion, and Scarpagnino’s imperial staircase.
VeneziaPiazza San MarcoNapoleon's "drawing room of Europe," the Campanile, Procuratie arcades, acqua alta flooding
VeneziaTeatro La FeniceThe phoenix opera house risen from three fires, Verdi premieres, gilded horseshoe hall, Maria Callas exhibition
Piazzola sul BrentaGemma nascostaVilla ContariniBaroque villa, Music Room, shell room, 40-hectare park with lake and island
Cividale del FriuliUNESCOTempietto LongobardoSix stucco saints, Lombard art, UNESCO Longobards in Italy, Natisone gorge
AquileiaArea Archeologica di AquileiaRoman river port, forum colonnade, once a major imperial city, mostly unexcavated beneath the town
AquileiaBasilica di Santa Maria Assunta di AquileiaFourth-century mosaic floor, Good Shepherd, ninth-century crypt frescoes, 73 m bell tower, patriarchal seat
TriesteGemma nascostaGiardino botanico CarsianaTen recreated Karst habitats, 600 native plant species, sinkhole setting, free admission
Cividale del FriuliPonte del DiavoloTwo asymmetric arches over the Natisone, devil's-bargain legend, 1442 construction, rebuilt after 1917 demolition
GoriziaGemma nascostaCastello di Duino14th-century clifftop fortress, Rilke's Duino Elegies, Thurn und Taxis family seat, Sentiero Rilke coastal path
GoriziaGemma nascostaMitreo di DuinoRare Roman mithraeum, tauroctony carving, cave sanctuary near Duino, 400 votive coins found
TriesteGemma nascostaGrotta GiganteWorld's largest show-cave chamber (98 m), geodetic pendulums, Carso karst setting, five-hundred-step stairway
TriesteGemma nascostaKleine BerlinWWII air-raid tunnels, SS secret passage, Italian and German sectors, 1943-45 occupation history
UdineLoggia del LionelloVenetian Gothic loggia of 1448, pink and white stone bands, Piazza Libertà centerpiece, rebuilt after an 1876 fire
TriesteCastello di MiramareMaximilian and Charlotte’s seaside residence, the Novara Room, Cesare Dell’Acqua’s history paintings, and the historic park above the Gulf of Trieste.
TriestePiazza Unita d'ItaliaSea-facing piazza, Habsburg palaces, Fountain of the Four Continents, blue-hour views
Cividale del FriuliGemma nascostaAbbazia di Rosazzo9th-century foundation, 1070 consecration, 1535 frescoes by Francesco India, Rosazzo Foundation vineyard
TriesteColle di San GiustoCathedral and castle summit, Roman basilica ruins, golden apse mosaics, harbor panorama
UdineCastello di UdineBronze Age artificial hill, Tiepolo gallery, civic museums, Alps-to-Adriatic view
ManarolaUNESCOManarolaTower houses over the cove, the classic Cinque Terre sunset view, Sciacchetra vineyards, cliffside swimming
GenovaUNESCOPalazzi dei RolliStrada Nuova palaces, lottery of noble lodging, Palazzo Rosso, Paganini's violin, Rolli Days
RiomaggioreUNESCORiomaggioreThe slipway marina, the Via dell'Amore trailhead, tower houses lit at night, first of the five villages
GenovaUNESCOPalazzo Reale di GenovaHall of mirrors by Domenico Parodi, Van Dyck portraits, Balbi and Durazzo decoration, harbor terrace
VernazzaUNESCOVernazzaIts natural harbor piazza, the Doria Castle tower, Santa Margherita's waterfront church, colorful tower houses
CamogliAbbazia di San FruttuosoBoat-only abbey cove, Christ of the Abyss statue, Doria family tombs, FAI-managed site
GenovaAcquario di GenovaRenzo Piano design, 400 species, dolphins, sharks, penguins, Porto Antico
GenovaBoccadasseFishing hamlet inside Genoa, pebble cove, pastel houses, gelato at sunset
CamogliCamogliPainted seafront houses, Sagra del Pesce, harbor, path to San Fruttuoso
GenovaGemma nascostaCastello della PietraCastle wedged between rock towers, della Pietra family seat, 1797 burning, Antola Regional Park
Santa Margherita LigureGemma nascostaAbbazia della CervaraSeafront Renaissance garden, 1361 abbey, Francis I’s captivity, Saracen tower
Cinque TerreCinque TerreFive cliff villages, terraced vineyards, the Via dell'Amore coastal path, train-linked coves
GenovaCattedrale di San LorenzoIts striped Gothic west front, surviving Romanesque portals and the chapel of Genoa’s patron saint.
BordigheraGemma nascostaGiardini botanici Hanbury1867 Hanbury acclimatization garden, 2,500 plant species, La Mortola terraces, University of Genoa research station
LericiCastello di LericiGenoese fortress, Chapel of Santa Anastasia, Gulf of Poets views, art exhibitions
PortofinoPortofinoThe half-moon harbor, Castello Brown, painted facades, the coastal path to San Fruttuoso Abbey
PortovenerePortovenereSan Pietro's cliffside church, Byron's Grotto, striped Genoese houses, boat access to Palmaria island
AlassioGemma nascostaGrotte di ToiranoGrotta della Bàsura, prehistoric footprints, cave bear ‘cemetery’, Hall of Mysteries
GenovaGemma nascostaVilla Durazzo-PallaviciniThree-act romantic park, Michele Canzio's design, Museo di Archeologia Ligure, Italy's most beautiful garden (2017)
ImperiaGemma nascostaVilla GrockGrock's personal mansion, Jugendstil-Art Deco interiors, Museo del Clown, 2013 reopening
RavennaUNESCOBasilica di San VitaleJustinian and Theodora mosaics, octagonal Byzantine plan, sixth-century splendor
RavennaUNESCOBasilica di Sant'Apollinare NuovoProcessions of martyrs and virgins, Theodoric's palace church, twenty-six Christ scenes, nave-length mosaics
FerraraUNESCOCastello EstenseMoated castle in the city center, Este dynasty seat, dungeon of Ugo and Parisina, hanging orange garden
ModenaUNESCOTorre GhirlandinaModena's emblem, stolen bucket legend, Sala dei Torresani, Gothic spire
RavennaUNESCOMausoleo di Galla PlacidiaGold-star vault, Good Shepherd mosaic, alabaster windows, Cole Porter legend
ModenaUNESCODuomo di ModenaRomanesque masterwork of Lanfranco and Wiligelmo, Genesis facade reliefs, the leaning Ghirlandina tower, Piazza Grande ensemble
BolognaUNESCOPortico di San LucaLongest portico in the world, 666 arches over 3,796 meters, annual Madonna descent each May, UNESCO listing since 2021
BobbioGemma nascostaAbbazia di San ColombanoSaint Columbanus, medieval scriptorium, crypt mosaic, Renaissance basilica, Abbey Museum
Castell'ArquatoCastell'ArquatoRocca Viscontea fortress, Collegiata church piazza, Gutturnio wine country, fossil badlands
Sant'Arcangelo di RomagnaGemma nascostaForte di San Leo1441 Francesco di Giorgio Martini rebuild, arms museum, cliff-top ramparts, Cagliostro's prison cell
PiacenzaGemma nascostaGalleria d'arte moderna Ricci OddiKlimt’s Portrait of a Lady, Hayez and Fattori, Boccioni, Arata’s 1931 building
FaenzaMuseo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in FaenzaWorld's largest maiolica collection, Picasso ceramic donations, Renaissance-to-contemporary span, active local workshops
CesenaGemma nascostaBiblioteca MalatestianaEurope's first public civic library, intact 1454 reading room, chained codices, UNESCO Memory of the World
ModenaMuseo Enzo FerrariYellow car-hood pavilion, Enzo's birth house and workshop, Modena's motor valley, racing cars
MaranelloMuseo FerrariFerrari's home museum, Formula 1 winners, rosso corsa icons, Hall of Victories, simulators
ParmaDuomo e Battistero di ParmaCorreggio's dome ascension, Antelami's pink baptistery, Romanesque ensemble, Benedetto's Deposition
BolognaPiazza MaggioreSan Petronio's unfinished facade, Giambologna's Neptune fountain, summer film screenings, civic palaces
RiminiTempio MalatestianoAlberti's Renaissance facade, Sigismondo's pagan church, Piero della Francesca fresco, Giotto crucifix
LanghiranoGemma nascostaCastello di TorrechiaraCamera d'Oro frescoes, Pier Maria de' Rossi and Bianca Pellegrini, hilltop fortress-residence, Parma valley views
BolognaLe Due TorriAsinelli and Garisenda towers, medieval lean, Dante's Inferno reference, Bologna's skyline since 1119
Castell'ArquatoGemma nascostaScavi archeologici di VelleiaTabula Alimentaria Traiana, forum and basilica, Antiquarium with casts
San GimignanoUNESCOCentro storico di San GimignanoMedieval towers, Piazza della Cisterna, Torre Grossa, the Collegiata's frescoes, Vernaccia wine
PiombinoParco Archeologico di Baratti e PopuloniaEtruscan coastal city, monumental tombs, ironworking and the Roman Acropolis
FirenzeMuseo Nazionale del BargelloDonatello's David and Saint George, early Michelangelo sculpture, Renaissance medals and ivories
FirenzeBasilica di Santa CroceTombs of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli, Giotto's chapels, Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel
FirenzeGiardino di BoboliThe Amphitheatre, Buontalenti's Grotta Grande, cypress avenues, fountains, sculpture, city views
PisaCamposanto MonumentaleBuffalmacco's Triumph of Death frescoes, its 1944 wartime fire, the sinopie preparatory drawings
FirenzeBattistero di San GiovanniGhiberti's Gates of Paradise, Andrea Pisano's doors, the Last Judgment mosaic ceiling, Dante's baptism
FirenzeCampanile di Giotto84.7-meter Gothic bell tower, colored marble facing, relief panels, close-up views of the dome
MontalcinoFortezza di MontalcinoFourteenth-century pentagon plan, last Sienese stronghold (to 1559), rampart walks, Brunello wine bar
FirenzePalazzo VecchioArnolfo's off-center tower, the Salone dei Cinquecento, Medici apartments, Roman theatre remains below
SienaPiazza del CampoIts shell shape, the Palio di Siena horse race, Fonte Gaia, Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia
LuccaPiazza dell'AnfiteatroAn oval piazza tracing a buried Roman amphitheatre, curved house fronts, four ancient entrance passages
FirenzePiazzale MichelangeloGiuseppe Poggi's panoramic terrace, the bronze copy of Michelangelo's David, sunset views over Florence
PienzaConcattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Duomo di Pienza)Pope Pius II's commission, Bernardo Rossellino's design, travertine facade, German-style hall interior
FirenzePalazzo PittiThe Palatine Gallery's Raphaels, the Royal Apartments, the Silver Museum, its scale and Boboli Gardens behind it
VolterraTeatro Romano di VolterraAugustan-period theatre, 1950s excavation, adjoining 4th-century baths, panoramic viewing walkway
SienaDuomo di SienaThe inlaid marble floor, Nicola Pisano's pulpit, the unfinished Nuovo Duomo wall, Duccio's Maestà
SienaTorre del MangiaIts 87-meter height matching the cathedral tower, the view over Piazza del Campo, its Mangiaguadagni legend
FirenzeGalleria degli UffiziBotticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera, Leonardo, Caravaggio, the Vasari Corridor building
LuccaMura di LuccaA complete Renaissance wall circuit, eleven bastions, cycling and walking the tree-lined ramparts
MonteriggioniMura di MonteriggioniFourteen towers, Dante’s giants, Sienese frontier walls, rampart walkway
AssisiUNESCOBasilica di San Francesco d'AssisiGiotto's Life of Saint Francis, two churches stacked, the saint's tomb, Cimabue frescoes
AssisiUNESCOBasilica di Santa ChiaraSaint Clare's tomb, San Damiano crucifix, pink-striped Gothic facade, flying buttress profile
SpelloCappella BaglioniPinturicchio's frescoed chapel, Annunciation self-portrait, Deruta maiolica floor, Renaissance color
TerniGemma nascostaCarsulaeTwin forum temples, Via Flaminia paving, Arco di San Damiano, mysteriously abandoned Roman town
OrvietoGemma nascostaNecropoli del Crocifisso del Tufo200 inscribed tuff-stone tombs, Etruscan family names, orthogonal street layout, 6th-century BC origins
PerugiaFontana MaggiorePisano father and son reliefs, medieval encyclopedia in marble, aqueduct endpoint, pink and white basins
PerugiaGemma nascostaIpogeo dei VolumniEtruscan family tomb, Arnth Velimna’s banqueting urn, Palazzone necropolis
TerniCascata delle Marmore271 BC Roman origin, 165-meter triple drop, scheduled water releases, Byron's verses, six hiking trails
OtricoliGemma nascostaOcriculumRoman theater and amphitheater, Via Flaminia paving, octagonal bath mosaic, archaic necropolis antiquarium
OrvietoDuomo di OrvietoGold-ground façade mosaics and marble reliefs; Signorelli’s San Brizio frescoes; the Chapel of the Corporal; basalt-and-travertine bands.
GubbioPalazzo dei ConsoliEugubine Tablets, Gothic civic palace, 1332 construction, valley-to-Apennines view
PerugiaPalazzo dei PrioriNational Gallery of Umbria, Perugino and Piero della Francesca, Sala dei Notari, Gothic civic facade
FolignoGemma nascostaPlestiaUmbrian Plestini origins, Roman municipium status, mosaic-floored houses, Colfiorito Park museum finds
SpoletoDuomo di SpoletoLippi's last frescoes, sloping piazza, Romanesque façade with mosaic, Festival dei Due Mondi stage
OrvietoPozzo di San PatrizioDouble-helix staircases, 53-meter depth, Sangallo design, 1527-1537 construction, siege-proof water supply
TorgianoGemma nascostaMuseo del Vino di TorgianoCulture-of-wine museum, Etruscan and Roman vessels, engravings, Lungarotti tasting glass
UrbinoUNESCOPalazzo Ducale di UrbinoFederico da Montefeltro's court, twin-turret facade, studiolo intarsia, Piero's Flagellation
AnconaCattedrale di San CiriacoHarbor-hill cathedral, Greek-cross plan, Byzantine-style dome, carved lion protiro, Aphrodite temple site
AnconaArco di Traiano di AnconaHarbor-mole arch of 115 AD, Apollodorus of Damascus, slender Corinthian columns, Trajan’s port gift
UrbisagliaGemma nascostaParco archeologico di Urbs SalviaLargest Marche archaeological park, 23 AD Roman theater, well-preserved amphitheater, on-site museum
LoretoBasilica della Santa Casa di LoretoThe Holy House of Nazareth, marble screen by Bramante's school, Black Madonna, hilltop pilgrim city
TolentinoGemma nascostaAbbazia di Chiaravalle di Fiastra1142 Cistercian foundation, Romanesque-Gothic church, six historic grance farms, surrounding nature reserve
RecanatiColle dell'InfinitoLeopardi's hedge and horizon, L'Infinito's birthplace, FAI-managed Orto next door, literary pilgrimage
Serra Sant'AbbondioGemma nascostaMonastero di Fonte AvellanaCamaldolese hermitage since 980, Dante’s stay, sole Camaldolese abbey, historic pharmacy
GengaGrotte di FrasassiAbisso Ancona chasm, giant stalagmites, Valadier temple hermitage, guided cave tour
GradaraCastello di GradaraPaolo and Francesca's tragedy, double-walled fortress, Malatesta-Montefeltro feud, Dante's fifth canto
AnconaMonte ConeroWhite cliffs over the Adriatic, Due Sorelle sea stacks, arbutus woods, eighteen hiking trails
Ascoli PicenoPiazza del Popolo di Ascoli Piceno1509 Julius II redesign, travertine paving, Caffe Meletti anisetta, Palazzo dei Capitani tower
MondavioGemma nascostaRocca Roveresca di MondavioFrancesco di Giorgio Martini design, rounded anti-cannon bastions, arms and armor museums, mid-August reenactment
FermoCisterne Romane di FermoThirty interconnected chambers, Augustan-era waterworks, 2,200 square meters intact, torchlit reflections underground
MacerataSferisterio di MacerataNeoclassical arena, hundred-meter acoustic wall, summer opera festival since 1967, ball-game origins
Castelleone di SuasaGemma nascostaSuasaDomus dei Coiedii mosaics, Roman forum and amphitheater, civic archaeological museum
PesaroGemma nascostaVilla Imperiale (Pesaro)Girolamo Genga's Mannerist wing, Dosso Dossi and Bronzino frescoes, terraced hillside gardens, private ducal villa
RomaUNESCOVia Appia AnticaOriginal Roman basalt paving, the catacombs of San Callisto and Domitilla, umbrella pines, Roman tombs
TivoliUNESCOVilla AdrianaCanopus pool, Maritime Theatre, Piazza d'Oro, Poecile, Roman concrete vaults
TarquiniaUNESCONecropoli dei MonterozziPainted Etruscan tombs, Tomb of the Leopards, dancers and banquets, UNESCO listing with Cerveteri
CerveteriUNESCONecropoli della BanditacciaEtruscan tumulus streets, carved tomb interiors, Tomb of the Reliefs stuccoes, UNESCO listing since 2004
TivoliUNESCOVilla d'EsteAvenue of the Hundred Fountains, Organ Fountain, Oval Fountain, Rometta, Renaissance garden
RomaBasilica di Santa Maria MaggioreFifth-century mosaics, Torriti's apse mosaic, the legend of the August snow, its gilded ceiling
RomaTerme di CaracallaVast imperial baths, underground galleries, Mithraeum, summer opera, Farnese Hercules
RomaMusei CapitoliniMichelangelo's piazza, Capitoline Wolf, Marcus Aurelius bronze, oldest public museum
RomaCastel Sant'AngeloHadrian’s mausoleum, Passetto di Borgo, bronze angel, papal apartments, terrace views
BagnoregioCivita di BagnoregioFootbridge access, crumbling tuff plateau, badlands, the dying town
Fara in SabinaGemma nascostaAbbazia di FarfaMedieval monastic power, 1920 Benedictine refoundation, Carolingian bell tower, Barendsz Last Judgment fresco
PrivernoGemma nascostaAbbazia di FossanovaCistercian Gothic, cloister, rose window, death of Thomas Aquinas
RomaGalleria BorgheseBernini's Apollo and Daphne, a room of six Caravaggios, Canova's Pauline Bonaparte, the cardinal's pleasure villa
RomaScavi di Ostia AnticaPiazzale delle Corporazioni mosaics, Roman theatre, thermopolium, everyday Roman life, Museo Ostiense
RomaPalatinoRome's mythical founding site, Augustus's house, the Domus Flavia, the Farnese Gardens, views over the Forum
RomaPiazza NavonaBernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, Borromini's Sant'Agnese, Domitian's stadium footprint, Baroque theatre of Rome
BomarzoSacro Bosco di BomarzoMonster park, Mouth of Hell, leaning house, Mannerist riddles in the woods
RomaScalinata di Trinita dei Monti135-step Baroque cascade, Trinita dei Monti church, Barcaccia fountain, Keats's final home
RomaBasilica di San PietroMichelangelo's dome and Pietà, Bernini's baldacchino, Saint Peter's Square, the papal tombs
RomaTrastevereCobbled ivy-hung lanes, Santa Maria in Trastevere's gold mosaics, trattoria life, Rome's oldest quarter across the river
FrascatiGemma nascostaTuscoloRoman theater and amphitheater, birthplace of Cato, Cicero's villa, destroyed in 1191
CaprarolaGemma nascostaPalazzo Farnese (Caprarola)Vignola's pentagonal plan, Scala Regia, Zuccari frescoes, Room of the World Map, gardens
TivoliParco Villa GregorianaGrande Cascata waterfall, Temple of Vesta and Sibyl, Neptune and Sirens grottoes, Gregorian tunnels
Montalto di CastroGemma nascostaVulciEtruscan-Roman ruins, Ponte dell'Abbadia (Devil's Bridge), Castello dell'Abbadia museum, wild river park
SulmonaGemma nascostaAbbazia di San Clemente a Casauria1191 bronze doors, Romanesque facade, Benedictine foundation of 871, Antiquarium museum
AtriCattedrale di AtriAndrea De Litio fresco cycle, Abruzzo's Sistine choir, Roman cistern crypt, calanchi badlands setting
L'AquilaBasilica di Santa Maria di CollemaggioPink and white façade, Celestine V's tomb, Holy Door and the Perdonanza
PescaraCasa Natale di Gabriele d'AnnunzioPoet's 1863 birthplace, nine restored rooms, manuscripts and family relics, sole survivor of old Pescara's bombing
L'AquilaCampo ImperatoreLittle Tibet plateau, Corno Grande backdrop, Mussolini's 1943 prison hotel, observatory, high pastures
SulmonaGemma nascostaCastello CaldoraSquare and round towers, double walls, Torre del Re terrace, Majella views
FossacesiaGemma nascostaCastello di RoccascalegnaCliffside silhouette, 12th-16th century fortress, feudal legend, Sangro valley views
Civitella del TrontoFortezza di Civitella del TrontoLast Bourbon stronghold, 1860-61 siege, half-kilometer ridge fortress, weapons and maps museum
L'AquilaFontana delle 99 CannelleNinety-nine carved masks, unknown spring source, 1272 founding legend, checkerboard stone walls
SulmonaEremo di Sant'Onofrio al MorroneCelestine V's hermit years, 1294 papal announcement, cliffside Morrone setting, 15th-century frescoes
ScannoLago di ScannoHeart-shaped lake, Sentiero del Cuore viewpoint, Sagittario gorges, Scanno's costume and goldsmith tradition
ChietiMuseo Archeologico Nazionale d'AbruzzoWarrior of Capestrano statue, disk-shaped helmet, 1934 plow discovery, Villa Frigerj setting
CalascioRocca CalascioApennine fortress at 1,460 meters, Gran Sasso views, film location (Ladyhawke), Santa Maria della Pietà chapel
FossacesiaGemma nascostaAbbazia di San Giovanni in VenereAdriatic hilltop setting, Roman-column crypt, 13th-century apse frescoes, Passionist community since 1954
ChietiGemma nascostaAbbazia di San Liberatore a MaiellaRomanesque abbey, geometric mosaic floor, Majella National Park, Desiderius of Montecassino
Santo Stefano di SessanioSanto Stefano di SessanioMedici mountain borgo, scattered-hotel revival, lentil terraces, stone lanes intact
L'AquilaGemma nascostaCunicoli di ClaudioClaudius's six-kilometer emissary, Lake Fucino drainage, Monte Salviano shafts, guided underground walk
AgnoneAgnoneBells for the popes since 1339, oldest family foundry in Italy, bell museum, foundry tour
TermoliBorgo Antico di TermoliSwabian Castle, trabucchi fishing platforms, A Rejecelle lane, Romanesque cathedral
CampobassoGemma nascostaCastello di PianisiMedieval ruins, cylindrical tower, church of Santa Maria in Planisi, Fortore views
IserniaFontana FraternaSix-arched public fountain, recycled Roman stones, symbol of Isernia, rebuilt after the 1943 bombing
TermoliGemma nascostaLarinumFlavian-era amphitheater, polychrome marine mosaics, Frentanian-then-Roman city, free admission and few visitors
CampobassoMuseo dei MisteriThirteen flying machines of 1748, children borne as angels, Corpus Domini procession, Di Zinno's engineering
CampobassoCastello MonforteHilltop castle, Monforte-Gambatesa family, walls and towers, Matese views
OratinoOratinoStone-carvers' village, one of Italy's most beautiful borghi, Rocca tower on the cliff, Biferno valley views
IserniaMuseo Nazionale del Paleolitico di IserniaLa Pineta site, c.600,000-year-old human traces, in-place excavation viewed from walkways, a child's tooth find
SepinoGemma nascostaArea Archeologica di SaepinumRoman town in the fields, theatre with farmhouses grown in, intact gates, tratturo crossroads
PietrabbondanteSantuario Italico di PietrabbondanteSamnite stone theatre with anatomical seating, Italic temple terrace, rare Oscan inscriptions, summer drama
IserniaGemma nascostaAbbazia di San Vincenzo al VolturnoCrypt of Epiphanius frescoes, 731 Benedictine founding, active convent since 2016, early medieval archaeology
TermoliCattedrale di TermoliApulian Romanesque façade, crypt mosaics, relics of San Timoteo and San Basso, old-town headland
IserniaGemma nascostaVenafro romana (teatro e anfiteatro Verlasce)Amphitheatre Verlascio, Augustan theatre, Venus of Venafro, olive-oil town
CampobassoVilla De CapoaMonumental town garden, sequoias and cedars, Countess de Capoa's 1875 donation, Liberty-style ironwork
AmalfiUNESCODuomo di AmalfiSant'Andrea's crypt, Chiostro del Paradiso, Byzantine bronze doors, majolica bell tower
ErcolanoUNESCOParco Archeologico di Ercolano79 CE eruption, carbonized organic finds, ancient shoreline boat-arcades, upper stories and mosaics preserved in place
PompeiUNESCOScavi di PompeiThe 79 CE eruption, plaster casts of victims, the Forum, Villa of the Mysteries, an amphitheatre
PositanoUNESCOPositanoIts stacked cliffside houses, the Amalfi Coast cultural landscape, Spiaggia Grande, its 1668 city status
CasertaUNESCOReggia di CasertaLuigi Vanvitelli, Royal Staircase, Royal Apartments, Court Theatre, Royal Park cascades
PaestumUNESCOTempli di PaestumThree Doric temples, Tomb of the Diver, Greek and Roman city walls, archaeological museum
Torre AnnunziataUNESCOVilla di Poppea a OplontisVilla of Poppaea attribution, Roman wall painting, 61-by-17-meter pool, perspective-led gardens
AnacapriGrotta AzzurraElectric-blue light, Roman maritime nymphaeum, rowboat entry, Villa di Gradola
NapoliCastel dell'OvoIts Megaride setting, Norman-period remains, layered Greek and Roman landscape, and medieval Virgil-and-egg legend.
NapoliCastel NuovoIts Angevin foundation, Aragonese reconstruction, the Palatine Chapel, Sala dei Baroni and Civic Museum.
NapoliCertosa di San MartinoBaroque church and cloisters, Cuciniello presepe, city-history collections, Bay of Naples view
CumaParco Archeologico di CumaGreek acropolis, temples of Apollo and Jupiter, Cave of the Sibyl gallery, Virgil's Aeneid
CapriFaraglioni di CapriThree sea stacks, boat passage through the arch, blue lizard, Belvedere di Tragara
PozzuoliAnfiteatro Flavio di PozzuoliThird-largest Roman arena, intact underground animal lifts, Puteoli’s imperial-era wealth
Torre del GrecoVesuvioThe 79 CE eruption, the Gran Cono crater trail, INGV monitoring, views over the Bay of Naples
NapoliDuomo di NapoliIts Angevin Gothic architecture, early Christian spaces and the continuing devotional heritage of San Gennaro.
NapoliMuseo Archeologico Nazionale di NapoliFarnese Marbles, Alexander Mosaic, Pompeii and Herculaneum finds, Secret Cabinet
ProcidaProcidaTerra Murata, the pastel harbor of Corricella, Il Postino, Italian Capital of Culture 2022
NapoliPalazzo Reale di NapoliFontana's facade, the Scalone d'Onore, Teatro di Corte, Appartamento di Etichetta museum
NapoliCappella SanseveroSanmartino's Veiled Christ, Corradini's Modesty, Queirolo's Disillusion, the Anatomical Machines
NapoliSpaccanapoliGreek decumanus grid, Via San Biagio dei Librai, Palazzo Diomede Carafa, historic-center street life
NapoliTeatro di San CarloIts 1737 Bourbon foundation, oldest opera house in continuous use, horseshoe-plan auditorium, royal box
RavelloVilla CimbroneTerrace of Infinity, marble busts over the void, Bloomsbury connections, rose gardens
RavelloVilla RufoloMedieval Rufolo complex, Arab-Byzantine-Norman architecture, terraced gardens, Wagner and Parsifal, Ravello Festival
AnacapriVilla San MicheleAxel Munthe’s house museum, Roman-Etruscan-Egyptian collection, granite sphinx, Castello Barbarossa bird sanctuary
AndriaUNESCOCastel del MonteFrederick II's octagonal design, eight towers of eight sides, its mystery purpose, the Italian one-cent coin
AlberobelloUNESCOTrulli di Alberobello1,500 cone-roofed trulli, Rione Monti and Aia Piccola districts, painted roof symbols, UNESCO listing since 1996
BariBasilica di San NicolaRelics of Saint Nicholas, Puglian Romanesque prototype, shared Catholic-Orthodox crypt, manna
LecceBasilica di Santa Croce di LecceLecce Baroque architecture, especially a stone façade layered with human, animal and sacred figures around its central rose window.
Castellana GrotteGrotte di CastellanaGrave sinkhole entrance, alabaster Grotta Bianca chamber, three kilometers of show caves
GallipoliCentro Storico di GallipoliIsland old town, Sant’Agata cathedral, underground oil mills, fish market
Polignano a MareLama MonachilePebble cove between white cliffs, Red Bull Cliff Diving stage, Roman Via Traiana bridge overlook, Blue Flag public beach
LocorotondoLocorotondoCircular plan, cummerse gabled roofs, white flower-lined lanes, Itria valley terrace
Martina FrancaMartina FrancaWhite Baroque old town, Ducal Palace, Festival della Valle d’Itria, wrought-iron balconies
TarantoMuseo Archeologico Nazionale di TarantoGold of Taranto jewelry, athlete's tomb display, bronze Zeus of Ugento, Orpheus and the Sirens group
OstuniOstuniThe whitewashed hill town, the Concattedrale's rose window, olive plain views, the 25,000-year-old Delia burial
OtrantoCattedrale di OtrantoTree of Life floor mosaic, martyrs' relics, seventy-column crypt, 1698 painted wood ceiling
Monte Sant'AngeloSantuario di San Michele ArcangeloArchangel Michael's grotto, oldest Michael shrine in the West, pilgrim graffiti, UNESCO Longobard site
TraniCattedrale di TraniCathedral rising from the sea, Barisano's 1175 bronze doors, pink-white Trani stone, San Leucio crypt
ViesteViesteGargano's headland old town, Pizzomunno sea stack, sea-cave boat tours, Romanesque cathedral
CastelmezzanoCastelmezzanoDolomiti Lucane amphitheater, rock-carved stairways, Norman castle ruins, Volo dell'Angelo zipline
MarateaCristo di Maratea / Statua del Redentore21.13-meter Christ statue, Monte San Biagio summit, Gulf of Policastro panorama, inland-facing gaze
CracoCraco VecchiaThe 1963 landslide evacuation, its film-set ruins, calanchi badlands, the surviving medieval tower
MateraCripta del Peccato Originale"Sistine Chapel" of cave churches, 9th-century frescoes, the anonymous Flower Painter, gravina ravine setting
MateraCattedrale di MateraApulian Romanesque facade, 1530s stone nativity scene, Madonna della Bruna fresco, gilded seventeenth-century interior
MelfiGemma nascostaCastello di MelfiNorman-Swabian fortress, Constitutions of Melfi (1231), ten towers, Rapolla sarcophagus, archaeological museum
MateraParco Archeologico Storico Naturale delle Chiese Rupestri del MateranoRock churches, Sassi viewpoint, Murgia Timone Neolithic village, Gravina canyon
PietrapertosaPietrapertosaBasilicata's highest village, Saracen quarter carved in rock, Volo dell'Angelo zipline, eagle's-perch lanes
MateraSassi di MateraCave dwellings since the Paleolithic, rock churches, 1950s forced relocation, UNESCO listing
PietrapertosaVolo dell'AngeloZipline between two hilltop villages, speeds up to 120 km/h, Castelmezzano-Pietrapertosa pair, prone harness
Reggio CalabriaGemma nascostaSinagoga di Bova MarinaMenorah mosaic floor, second-oldest synagogue in Italy, Museo Archeoderi, 1983 discovery
CrotoneGemma nascostaCastello di Santa SeverinaNorman castle over Byzantine fortress, 1076 Guiscard construction, protohistoric bronzes, Calabrian castles center
StiloGemma nascostaCattolica di StiloFive-domed Byzantine church, brick cube, 1927 frescoes, Monte Consolino setting
CosenzaDuomo di CosenzaConsecrated before Frederick II, Isabella of Aragon’s tomb, Madonna del Pilerio icon, UNESCO peace culture
GeraceCattedrale di GeraceLargest church in Calabria, reused Locri columns, crypt, diocesan treasury, medieval hill town
Isola di Capo RizzutoLe CastellaAragonese castle on an islet, Capo Rizzuto marine reserve, Pasolini film location (Gospel of Matthew, Medea)
PizzoCastello MuratJoachim Murat's 1815 execution, Aragonese keep, preserved cell and sentencing room, steps from Pizzo's tartufo piazza
Reggio CalabriaMuseo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio CalabriaRiace Bronzes, fifth-century BC Greek warriors, climate-controlled display hall, Magna Graecia collection
PizzoChiesetta di PiedigrottaChurch carved into sea tuff, 17th-century shipwreck vow origin, generations of carved saints, cave nave beside the beach
AltomonteGemma nascostaGrotta del RomitoAurochs engraving, Paleolithic burials, Antiquarium, Lao river, Pollino National Park
StiloGemma nascostaMonastero di San Giovanni TheristisByzantine-Norman brick church, Basilian monastery, Orthodox liturgy, Stilaro valley
TropeaSantuario di Santa Maria dell'IsolaSanctuary on a freestanding sea rock, Byzantine-then-Benedictine history, rock-cut stairway, sea-green terrace
ScillaScilla e ChianaleaScylla myth, Ruffo Castle, Chianalea waterfront houses, swordfish boats
CatanzaroGemma nascostaScolaciumRoman theatre and amphitheatre, Greek Skylletion origins, unfinished Norman basilica, olive-grove setting
Camigliatello SilanoParco Nazionale della SilaGiant laricio pines, Lake Cecita, Giganti della Sila reserve, snow in the deep south
TropeaTropeaClifftop old town, Santa Maria dell’Isola, Norman cathedral, red onion IGP
CefalùUNESCODuomo di CefaluTwin Norman towers, early Christ Pantocrator apse, Roger II's 1130 storm vow, UNESCO Arab-Norman listing
MonrealeUNESCODuomo di Monreale6,400 sqm of gold mosaic, the Pantocrator apse, the Benedictine cloister, William II's rivalry with Palermo
CataniaUNESCOEtnaEurope's tallest active volcano, summit craters, the Etna cable car, lava slopes, Etna wine country
NotoUNESCOCattedrale di NotoHoney-limestone Baroque facade, grand staircase, 1996 dome collapse and rebuild, San Corrado relics
OrtigiaUNESCOOrtigiaFonte Aretusa, Temple of Apollo, Piazza Duomo's Baroque cathedral, UNESCO-listed ancient core
RagusaUNESCORagusa IblaBlue-domed San Giorgio, tangled medieval plan rebuilt Baroque, Giardino Ibleo, Montalbano filming lanes
StromboliUNESCOStromboliContinuous eruptions, the Sciara del Fuoco lava scar, night boat tours, licensed volcano guides
OrtigiaUNESCODuomo di SiracusaDoric columns in the walls, temple of Athena, Baroque facade, Madonna of the Snow, Saint Lucy
Piazza ArmerinaUNESCOVilla Romana del Casale3,500 square meters of Roman mosaic, the "bikini girls" room, the Great Hunt corridor, mudslide preservation
TaorminaTeatro Antico di TaorminaEtna and sea framed by the stage, brick Roman scaena, 10,000-seat cavea, summer concerts and film festival
EnnaCastello di LombardiaSicily's largest medieval castle, Pisan Tower panorama, navel of Sicily, six surviving towers
CataniaCattedrale di Sant'AgataSaint Agatha's shrine, lava-and-limestone Baroque, Norman apses surviving quakes, Bellini's tomb
SiracusaOrecchio di DionisioS-shaped limestone cave, uncanny acoustics, Caravaggio's naming, Latomia del Paradiso
EriceEriceThe Norman Venus Castle, cloud-wrapped medieval lanes, the cable car from Trapani, almond pastries
SiracusaTeatro Greco di SiracusaAeschylus premieres, rock-cut cavea for 15,000, INDA classical drama festival, Latomie quarries nearby
TaorminaIsola BellaPebble tombolo causeway, Florence Trevelyan's garden, protected nature reserve since 1998, clear-water cove
LipariLipariThe walled acropolis, the Aeolian Archaeological Museum, white pumice beaches, black obsidian flows
ModicaModicaTwo-level Baroque town, Duomo di San Giorgio's staircase, cold-worked Aztec-style chocolate
PalermoCappella PalatinaByzantine gold mosaics, Arab muqarnas ceiling, Christ Pantocrator apse, Norman royal chapel
PalermoCattedrale di PalermoArab-Norman architecture, royal porphyry tombs, rooftop walkways, Catalan Gothic porch
PalermoQuattro CantiBaroque octagonal crossroads, seasonal fountains, Spanish kings, Teatro del Sole
Calatafimi-SegestaSegestaUnfinished Doric temple, hilltop theatre with gulf views, Elymian city, unfluted columns
CastelvetranoSelinunteTemple E and Temple G, acropolis over the dunes, Malophoros sanctuary, one of Europe's largest archaeological parks
MarsalaSaline dello StagnonePhoenician salt pans, windmills, pink evaporation pools at sunset, boats to Mozia island
PalermoTeatro MassimoItaly's largest opera house, celebrated acoustics, Godfather Part III staircase, 1897 belle epoque design
CataniaCastello UrsinoFrederick II castle, lava-stone walls, Biscari collection, civic museum
AgrigentoValle dei TempliTemple of Concordia, ridge of Doric temples, Temple of Olympian Zeus telamon, almond blossom season
BaruminiUNESCOSu Nuraxi di BaruminiGreatest nuraghe complex, Bronze Age tower village, dry-stone corbelling, Giovanni Lilliu's excavation
Cala GononeCala LunaCrescent beach between cliffs, shoreline caves, summer boats from Cala Gonone, Cala Fuili coastal trail
Santa Teresa GalluraCapo TestaWind-sculpted granite, Valle della Luna, Roman quarries, lighthouse, Corsica across the strait
CagliariQuartiere CastelloWalled hilltop citadel, San Pancrazio and Elephant towers, Bastione di Saint Remy terrace, cathedral with martyrs' crypt
BaruminiGemma nascostaPozzo sacro di Funtana CobertaNuragic sacred well, twelve-step staircase, false dome, water worship
La MaddalenaArcipelago di La MaddalenaSeven granite islands, Budelli's pink sand, Garibaldi's house on Caprera, clear Mediterranean waters
StintinoSpiaggia della PelosaShallow turquoise lagoon, 16th-century Aragonese tower islet, views to Asinara, timed-entry reservations
OrgosoloGemma nascostaMuseo delle Maschere MediterraneeMamuthones and Issohadores masks, Barbagia carnival tradition, Mediterranean masking comparisons
AlgheroGrotta di NettunoStalactite halls by the sea, 654-step Escala del Cabirol, salt lake, boat arrival from Alghero
PulaArea Archeologica di NoraPhoenician-Roman town on a cape, seaside theatre, mosaic floors, Nora Stone findspot
OrgosoloMurales di Orgosolo700-plus political murals, Barbagia shepherd town, open-air protest gallery since 1969, Corso Repubblica walking route
NuoroGemma nascostaFonte sacra Su TempiesuBest-preserved Nuragic sacred spring, isodoma basalt masonry, 1953 rediscovery, bronze votive figurines
NuoroGemma nascostaComplesso nuragico di RomanzesuSacred well and corridor, amphitheater gathering space, megaron temples, labyrinth structure
CarloforteGemma nascostaTempio di AntasPunic-Roman temple, Augustan rebuild, Nuragic village and necropolis, remote valley setting
TharrosArea Archeologica di TharrosPhoenician port, basalt main street, twin Corinthian columns, tophet, San Giovanni tower